saiga

See also: Saiga and saïga

English

A saiga

Etymology

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).

Noun

saiga (plural saigas)

1. , an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

Synonyms

• (Saiga tatarica): steppe saiga

Coordinate terms

• (Saiga tatarica): Mongolian saiga, possibly a subspecies ; , possibly extinct or possibly including the Mongolian saiga

Translations

antelope

• Assamese: চাইগা (saiga)
• Breton: saiga
• Bulgarian: сайга (sajga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高鼻羚羊

• Crimean Tatar: sayğaq
• Czech: sajka f, sajga (cs) f
• Dutch: saïga
• Esperanto: altnaza antilopo
• Finnish: saiga-antilooppi
• French: saïga (fr) m
• German: Saiga
• Hungarian: szajga, tatárantilop
• Irish: antalóp saigeach m
• Italian: saiga f
• Japanese: サイガ (saiga)
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• Kalmyk: гөрәсн (göräsn)
• Kazakh: ақбөкен (aqböken)
• Korean: 사이가산양 (ko) (saigasanyang)
• Lithuanian: saiga
• Mongolian: бөхөн (mn) (böxön)
• Navajo: jádí bíchį́į́htsohígíí
• Polish: suhak
• Portuguese: saiga f
• Romanian: saiga (ro) f
• Russian: сайга́к (ru) m (sajgák), сайга́ (ru) f (sajgá)
• Spanish: saiga (es) m
• Swedish: saigaantilop (sv)
• Turkish: sayga
• Ukrainian: сайгак (sajhak)
• Uyghur: قاڭشارلىق بۆكەن
• Vietnamese: linh dương saiga

Further reading

• saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saiga tatarica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saiga tatarica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian сайга́ (sajgá).

Noun

saiga f (plural saighe)

1. saiga

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Portuguese

Noun

saiga f (plural saigas)

1. saiga (, an antelope of Siberia)

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Spanish

Noun

saiga m (plural saigas)

1. saiga

See also

• saiga on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es